Lin Yan

19.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
101 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Lin Yan is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Lin Yan has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 34 papers in Instrumentation and 10 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Lin Yan's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (68 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (34 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (34 papers). Lin Yan is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (68 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (34 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (34 papers). Lin Yan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Lin Yan's co-authors include G. Hélou, D. Fadda, L. Armus, Anna Sajina, Max Pettini, Harry I. Teplitz, P. Capak, Dominik A. Riechers, J. Surace and Naveen A. Reddy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Lin Yan

97 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Galaxies at redshifts 5 to 6 with systematically low dust content and high [C ii] emission

2015 249 citations Gareth C. Jones, Lin Yan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lin Yan United States	32	3.4k	1.4k	534	107	68	101	3.5k
A. Efstathiou United Kingdom	30	3.3k 1.0×	1.0k 0.7×	652 1.2×	106 1.0×	60 0.9×	87	3.4k
S. J. Warren United Kingdom	25	3.4k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	516 1.0×	205 1.9×	75 1.1×	65	3.4k
D. T. Frayer United States	31	3.7k 1.1×	1.6k 1.1×	555 1.0×	75 0.7×	74 1.1×	89	3.8k
N. Arimoto Japan	35	3.5k 1.0×	1.9k 1.4×	324 0.6×	149 1.4×	61 0.9×	119	3.6k
M. Sargent United Kingdom	30	2.9k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	462 0.9×	64 0.6×	42 0.6×	90	3.0k
Roberto Decarli Germany	35	4.0k 1.2×	1.1k 0.8×	944 1.8×	110 1.0×	79 1.2×	147	4.2k
Alan Uomoto United States	18	3.3k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	426 0.8×	142 1.3×	67 1.0×	53	3.4k
H. Dole France	24	2.6k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	538 1.0×	80 0.7×	66 1.0×	60	2.7k
M. A. Pahre United States	27	2.6k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	449 0.8×	97 0.9×	56 0.8×	46	2.7k
Robin Ciardullo United States	38	3.9k 1.1×	1.8k 1.3×	469 0.9×	146 1.4×	126 1.9×	182	4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Lin Yan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lin Yan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lin Yan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lin Yan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lin Yan based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Lin Yan. Lin Yan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Chen, Zhenli, Jiao Li, Qin Peng, et al.. (2025). MedScaleRE-PF: a prompt-based framework with retrieval-augmented generation, chain-of-thought, and self-verification for scale-specific relation extraction in Chinese medical literature. Information Processing & Management. 62(6). 104278–104278. 1 indexed citations

Sajina, Anna, Alexandra Pope, H. W. W. Spoon, et al.. (2025). Halfway to the Peak: Ice Absorption Bands at z ≈ 0.5 with JWST MIRI/MRS. The Astrophysical Journal. 985(2). 201–201.

Yan, Lin, J. Jencson, C. Fremling, et al.. (2024). WTP 19aalnxx: Discovery of a Bright Mid-infrared Transient in the Emerging Class of Low-luminosity Supernovae Revealed by Delayed Circumstellar Interaction. The Astrophysical Journal. 976(2). 230–230. 3 indexed citations

Young, Jason, Alexandra Pope, Anna Sajina, et al.. (2023). Halfway to the Peak: Spatially Resolved Star Formation and Kinematics in a z = 0.54 Dusty Galaxy with JWST/MIRI. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 958(1). L5–L5. 4 indexed citations

Dessauges‐Zavadsky, M., R. Marques-Chaves, M. Béthermin, et al.. (2023). The ALPINE-ALMA [CII] survey: Double stellar population and active galactic nucleus activity in a galaxy at z ∼ 5.5. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 675. A30–A30. 5 indexed citations

Faisst, Andreas L., Lin Yan, M. Béthermin, et al.. (2022). ALPINE: A Large Survey to Understand Teenage Galaxies. Universe. 8(6). 314–314. 2 indexed citations

Andreoni, Igor, Wenbin Lu, Brian W. Grefenstette, et al.. (2022). Hard X-Ray Observations of the Hydrogen-poor Superluminous Supernova SN 2018hti with NuSTAR. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 941(1). L16–L16. 1 indexed citations

Johansson, J., S. B. Cenko, Ori D. Fox, et al.. (2021). Near-infrared Supernova Ia Distances: Host Galaxy Extinction and Mass-step Corrections Revisited. The Astrophysical Journal. 923(2). 237–237. 23 indexed citations

Ward, Charlotte, Suvi Gezari, Sara Frederick, et al.. (2021). AGNs on the Move: A Search for Off-nuclear AGNs from Recoiling Supermassive Black Holes and Ongoing Galaxy Mergers with the Zwicky Transient Facility. The Astrophysical Journal. 913(2). 102–102. 21 indexed citations

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Hung, T., Suvi Gezari, S. B. Cenko, et al.. (2018). Sifting for Sapphires: Systematic Selection of Tidal Disruption Events in iPTF. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 238(2). 15–15. 18 indexed citations

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Gezari, Suvi, T. Hung, S. B. Cenko, et al.. (2017). iPTF Discovery of the Rapid “Turn-on” of a Luminous Quasar. The Astrophysical Journal. 835(2). 144–144. 75 indexed citations

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Hung, T., Suvi Gezari, N. Blagorodnova, et al.. (2017). Revisiting Optical Tidal Disruption Events with iPTF16axa. The Astrophysical Journal. 842(1). 29–29. 85 indexed citations

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Gezari, Suvi, T. Hung, N. Blagorodnova, et al.. (2016). iPTF16fnl: Likely Tidal Disruption Event at 65 Mpc. CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology). 9433. 1.

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Donoso, E., Lin Yan, Daniel Stern, & Roberto J. Assef. (2014). The Angular Clustering of WISE-Selected Active Galactic Nuclei: Different Halos for Obscured and Unobscured Active Galactic Nuclei. Conicet. 34 indexed citations

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Fadda, D., Lin Yan, G. Lagache, et al.. (2010). Ultra-Deep Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy of Luminous Infrared Galaxies at z ∼ 1 and z ∼ 2. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 36 indexed citations

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Fiolet, N., A. Omont, G. Lagache, et al.. (2010). Mid-infrared spectroscopy ofSpitzer-selected ultra-luminous starbursts atz ~ 2. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 524. A33–A33. 17 indexed citations

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Wang, Ji, Lin Yan, He Zhi, et al.. (2010). Variation of physico-chemical properties of aeolian sandy soil at coal mining subsidence and its evaluation.. Acta Pedologica Sinica. 47(2). 262–269. 8 indexed citations

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Peng, Xiao-Dong, et al.. (2009). Anticonvulsant efficacy of Chinese materia medica Cynanchum Chinense R. Br in mice.. Di-Si Junyi Daxue xuebao. 30(4). 340–343. 1 indexed citations

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Yan, Lin. (2009). A potential analysis of the availability of coal resources in China. Zhongguo dizhi. 5 indexed citations

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Lennon, D. J., Shude Mao, Johannes Reetz, et al.. (1997). Real-time spectroscopy of gravitational microlensing events - probing the evolution of the Galactic bulge.. CERN Bulletin. 90. 30. 4 indexed citations

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